Tauranga City

Progression to Tertiary: Qualification Level

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

Identical information is available for other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 347 288 331
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 219 182 229
Female Enrolled L1-L2 57 38 41
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 321 355 338
Female Total 944 863 939
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 205 229 228
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 322 288 301
Male Enrolled L1-L2 85 77 57
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 377 453 351
Male Total 989 1,047 937
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 73 75 73
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 150 119 131
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 67 60 52
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 244 266 249
Māori Total 534 520 505
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 11 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 26 14 27
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 4 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 32 40 32
Pacific Total 78 69 73
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 48 46 62
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 21 27
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 22 28
Asian Total 99 91 118
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 3 1
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 4 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 8 6
MELAA Total 14 15 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 26 26
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 28 33
Other Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 4
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 27 33
Other Total 97 88 96
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 439 407 444
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 386 341 382
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 84 63 59
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 478 558 459
European/Pākehā Total 1,387 1,369 1,344
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 552 517 559
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 541 470 530
Total Enrolled L1-L2 142 115 98
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 698 808 689
Total Total 1,933 1,910 1,876

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 388 380 338
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 158 158 147
Female Enrolled L1-L2 27 23 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 302 383 363
Female Total 875 944 863
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 277 231 247
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 265 276 274
Male Enrolled L1-L2 31 24 31
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 412 458 495
Male Total 985 989 1,047
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 77 86
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 101 109 101
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 25 25 22
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 279 323 311
Māori Total 501 534 520
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 18 13
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 20 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 35 46
Pacific Total 50 78 69
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 50 56 50
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 16 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 27 24
Asian Total 96 99 91
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 5 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 5 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 4 8
MELAA Total 9 14 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 37 26
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 25 23
Other Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 32 36
Other Total 63 97 88
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 552 479 465
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 318 315 320
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 33 25 21
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 460 568 563
European/Pākehā Total 1,363 1,387 1,369
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 665 611 585
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 423 434 421
Total Enrolled L1-L2 58 47 46
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 714 841 858
Total Total 1,860 1,933 1,910

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.